This week at Rotary, time was set aside to socialize and enjoy the great company. There was a Board of Directors meeting prior to our regular Rotary meeting. The highlights included a Funds Allocation recommendation of a $500 donation to the North Shore Concert Band. There was a long discussion about $20,000 of additional funding, including $10,000 going into the Scholarship Fund and $10,000 to be donated to other local causes.
Rotarians have been busy this week working on the Salem Traffic Island Beautification sites, including removing bushes by our Community Board. Special thanks to Bill Henning for once again being the brains behind the operation and coordinating the efforts. The brawn was provided by Jim Rose, Atila Macun, and FJ Murphy.
Every Rotarian Every Year donations to the Rotary Foundation were made recently, making us once again a 100% club. Thank you all for your contributions. CTE Awards were handed out last week at a lovely event. Carolyn Shapiro represented the Salem Rotary Club at the event.
2025-2026 Officers and Board of Directors
1. Ryan Guilmartin - President
2. Jason Lang – President Elect
3. Hannah Beth Hembree – Vice President
4. Carolyn Shapiro - Immediate Past President
5. Bill Henning - Treasurer
6. Secretary – Jen Close
7. Robyn Burns
8. Tim Clarke
9. Leslie Levesque
10. Jane Stirgwolt
11. Dakota Russell
12. Matt Ingram
13. Marie Cardillo
14. Jason Consalvo
15. Tyler Hains
16. Claire Kallelis
Bill Henning led an intrepid group of Rotarians in continuing our traffic island work. It's looking beautiful!
The CTE Awards ceremony held at Salem High School.
Awards were handed out by the Salem Rotary Club.
CALENDAR WINNER!
Kiley Sullivan sold by Rinus Oosthoek
50:50 RAFFLE
Pot: $395
Players: Leslie Levesque and Matt Ingram
No Winners This Week! In a shocking revelation, Leslie might not be able to read, or at the very least could not read her joke.
VISITORS AND GUEST ROTARIANS
As with all Legislative Luncheons, we had many guests include our Speaker, Manny Cruz, as well as our friends from the Salem Chamber of Commerce.
ROTARY NEWS
District Conference Carnival
Tired of the same old District Conferences? Have some fun on Saturday, May 31 at the Salesian Boys and Girls Club in East Boston! Rain or Shine!
Carnival food starts at noon, with carnival games and cornhole, plus pickup soccer at the Boston Scores soccer court!
Join us for a fun service project during the afternoon as well.
Stay for dinner and be treated to Melrose Club President Don Putney cooking up a delicious Pasta Dinner with dessert at 5pm served Family Style.
Come for a little while or stay the whole day! Tickets are $25 for one person, $50 for an entire family. Register at: https://rotary7930.org/Events/carnival
LeslieLevesque reported that the Phoenix School handled this month's dinner at LifeBridge. Adria provided emergency help.
Hannah Beth Hembree recently went to Oxford, MS for her little sister's graduation. She graduated one year early and also recently turned 21, which led to a bar crawl. It reportedly was "silly".
Rinus Oosthoek is retiring. His party is tonight 5-7 at the Hawthorne Hotel.
Joe Amico will be traveling for the next two weeks with Jim. They will be flying to Minneapolis then driving to Wisconsin to meet up with family. He then will be chairing the event for the World Institute on Drug and Alcohol Abuse.
Heather Lang has (fewer than) 18 days of school remaining. She and Jason will be celebrating their kiddo's 16th birthday next week. She was a keynote speaker for a Professional Development event hosted by the Peabody Essex Museum.
18 Washington Square
Salem, MA 01970 United States of America
NOTE: The fourth Tuesday of the month is an evening meeting, beginning at 5:15 p.m.
If you are interested in learning more about Salem Rotary, please email president@salemrotary.com.
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